Patch Vs. Crossover Cables
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Posted by Al Dykes on March 15, 2006, 7:23 am
Please log in for more thread options >dg wrote:
>> It seems to me that no problem should be caused by this, and I wouldn't want
>> to do it just because I like to keep things simple to avoid complications >> down the road. But what do you guys think? Should there be any problem? >
>There's nothing wrong doing that at all. Consider all the government >house cabling jobs done with the 568A standard and then using 568B patch >cables and jack to computer cables. > >Since the patch cables are pre-made, the only thing YOU would need to >make sure is that the wall jacks are wired to same standard as you >equipment room patch panel jacks. Don't we agree that a patch cable is straight through and isn't specifying 568A or 568B for the patch cables a bit of overkill? -- a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m Don't blame me. I voted for Gore. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by DecaturTxCowboy on March 15, 2006, 6:31 pm
Please log in for more thread options Al Dykes wrote: > Don't we agree that a patch cable is straight through and isn't
> specifying 568A or 568B for the patch cables a bit of overkill? LOL...I agree. Reminds me of the saying, the more you run over a dead cat in the road, the flatter it gets. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Robert Redelmeier on March 15, 2006, 6:33 pm
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> Don't we agree that a patch cable is straight through and isn't
> specifying 568A or 568B for the patch cables a bit of overkill? Only slightly. Some people will call a cable with split pairs "straight thru". Specifying 568A or 568B catches them. -- Robert | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by David Lesher on March 17, 2006, 10:26 pm
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adykes@panix.com (Al Dykes) writes: >Don't we agree that a patch cable is straight through and isn't
>specifying 568A or 568B for the patch cables a bit of overkill? I'd use the term "BS" not overkill, myself... It's short of the level of MonsterCable, but still... -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by DecaturTxCowboy on March 17, 2006, 10:42 pm
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David Lesher wrote: > It's short of the level of MonsterCable, but still...
Yeah, but is MonsterCable CAT5 rated? <snicker>
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